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Additional identifiers

EudraCT number

ClinicalTrials.gov number

Protocol/serial number

Study information

Scientific title

Assessment of right ventricular function during and following cardiac surgery and evaluation of pericardial physiology in preserving right ventricular function

Acronym

DRN 372

Study hypothesis

This is an observational study looking at the effects of cardiac surgery in right ventricular (RV) function in those patients referred for routine coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and aortic valve replacement (AVR) operations.

Ethics approval

Sub-Committee of the REC, 19/01/2007, ref: 06/Q0403/163

Study design

Single-centre observational case-controlled study

Primary study design

Observational

Secondary study design

Case-control study

Trial setting

Hospitals

Trial type

Treatment

Patient information sheet

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Condition

Intervention

Observational study using echocardiography to look at the immediate effects of cardiac surgery in RV function in those patients referred for routine CABG and AVR operations. Pre-, peri- and post-operative data collection.

Study entry: registration only

Intervention type

Other

Phase

Not Applicable

Drug names

Primary outcome measure

Post-operative assessment of RV function; patients are last seen one month after surgery, but consented to return possibly at 6 months.